gaming pc issues

Forum discussion tagged with gaming pc issues.
  1. WuzNab

    [SOLVED] Installing optical drive prevents PC from booting ?

    I had recently built a pc, which works fine but, had decided to buy an optical drive to be able to play and write on cds and dvds (more specifically an Asus 24x DVD-RW Serial-ATA Internal OEM Drive DRW-24B1ST). However, after installing the optical drive and booting up the PC it just won't turn...
  2. anaccountoutofdesperation

    [SOLVED] System freezing GPU -1% usage

    So basically my PC is going wombo combo on freezes lately and with the specs and the age of this thing I didn’t expect it (not even 10 months old). There are two things that stand out about the freezes: Never when doing high demand gaming, including playing Doom Eternal, Resi Village, Dark...
  3. D

    Question PC freezes after like 20 minutes

    hello, so recently my pc has just started freezing after 20 minutes or so, and when i look at the eventvwr, i see kernel power 41 error, so i believe something has lost power in my computer, but i have no idea what, when the pc freezes, the screen stays, audio just goes away, cannot move my...
  4. T

    [SOLVED] My PC randomly restarts, Is my PSU the problem?

    My gaming pc randomly restarts while gaming. I have been using my gaming pc for about 5 months and recently I have moved my pc to the opposite corner of my room. Since then my pc has been crashing while playing Rainbow 6 Siege and Other games and will instantly restart. I have a SG 650W Gold...
  5. Benrico1256

    [SOLVED] Blue screen issues

    Hi there so i have tried everything I possibly can do or can think of but i have had no luck. i7 9700 Default cooler ROG Strix h370-f mobo 1x16gb vengeance LPX Hp EX920 m.2 Asus RX460 2gb Raidmax RX-730ss i keep getting blue screen with the stopcode error of WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR and it...
  6. J

    Question Screen goes black after launching certain games

    As title states black screen right after launching games, no sound and cannot ALT+TAB out or ALT+ESCAPE out either. I always have to hard restart. These are the specs of my computer. MOBO: ASUS ROG STRIX B450 F-GAMING CPU: AMD RYZEN 5 2600 RAM: G.SKILL Trident Z 16gb 3000hz GPU: EVGA GTX1070...
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    Gtx 970 sli or Gtx 980 sli?

    I know the 970s are so worth their money but should i get 980s to futureproof mu build...I have a 1440p monitor so should i just get the 980s instead?